The Colors Festival is a street art exhibition currently in Regent Retail Park in Salford, which features 30 artists from around the world to show their unique style of art.
It landed in Greater Manchester last spring and is in its last month here – it finishes at the end of October.
For me as a person who has a visual impairment, events such as the Colors Festival sometimes aren’t the same experience as for someone else – so I wanted to see how well the organisers did at making it accessible for people with similar problems.
As soon as you enter the venue you are struck with a burst of colour which definitely entices you from the beginning.
However, upon walking in I was met with pieces of information on the festival which I couldn’t read – due to the colour of the background clashing with the writing.
It’s much easier for me to see things clearly if the writing is bold and on a lighter-coloured background.
Each room was filled with a different style of street art which really highlighted the unique difference between each artist.
Most of these rooms were very accessible: unintentionally the vibrant colours used made it easy to navigate the venue and to consume all the art.
There were also many immersive aspects to the exhibition which I found to be accessible as they came with a note on how they worked, which was useful.
The lighting was also not too harsh, which allowed me to look at all the artwork clearly.
Howver towards the end there was a room which had no lighting to focus on the art.
Although I was able to see the artwork itself this made it a bit difficult to navigate this area.
Overall, despite the problems I faced, I still think it was worth the visit to see all the different artists and how they work together.
For more information head to the Colors Festival website.
